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Add-on launch pad

If you click on a computer in the computer list, a popup dialog will display a list of actions you can take to remotely
control and access this computer. This dialog is called the add-on launch pad.

Screenshots on Windows

Screenshots on Mac

NeoRouter Network Explorer has a few system default add-ons. If a computer is online, the following add-ons are
available:

Icon

Action

remote desktop connection

file sharing

ICMP ping

copy the IP address

If a computer is offline, the following add-ons are supported:

Icon

Action

remote wakeup

Note on remote wakeup: NeoRouter server can send the Magic packet and wake up hosts that are WOL enabled. If the NeoRouter server is installed on a router, remote wakeup works for hosts directly attached to this router. If
server is installed on Windows, Linux or Mac, remote wakeup works for hosts in the same physical LAN. To enable WOL, you may need to change BIOS and OS settings.

Manage Add-ons (Windows)

You can download additional add-ons from the NeoRouter download website
(http://www.neorouter.com/addons/index.html) and install them using the Add-on Manager. Here we use UltraVNC as an example to explain the setup process.

1. Launch NeoRouter Network Explorer, choose menu "File - Add-ons".

2. The Add-ons Manager dialog lists all the existing add-ons, including system default ones and those installed by user.

Download the add-on (*.nri) file to your computer. We will use UltraVNC as an example here.

4. Go back to the Add-ons Manager dialog, click on "Install..." button, locate the *.nri file you just downloaded, and click "Open" to install the addon.

5. Some add-ons, including UltraVNC, may require user to restart the NeoRouter Network Explorer to complete the installation. In such case you will see the following message box. You can exit NeoRouter Network Explorer by right click its icon in system tray and choose exit.

6. After installation, you will see the new add-ons show up in the list.

7. When you re-launch NeoRouter Network Explorer, UltraVNC server will be started automatically. If you have not run UltraVNC server before, you will see the following firewall warning and VNC configuration dialog.

Please click the unblock button when you see the following dialog.

Please enter VNC password then click the Ok button.

8. Repeat the above steps on another computer.

9. To launch VNC viewer and access a remote computer, choose the computer in the computer list, and click VNC viewer icon in the launch pad.

Manage Add-ons (Mac)

a.Launch NeoRouter Network Explorer; choose menu "File - Add-ons".

b. The Add-ons Manager dialog lists all the existing add-ons, including system default ones and those added
by user.

c. An add-on is essentially an apple script with NeoRouter parameters. Here are some examples:

Name

Script

Copy IP

set the clipboard to "$NRIPAddress"

Ping

tell application "Terminal" to do script "ping $NRIPAddress"

Shared Folder

tell application "Finder" to open location "smb://$NRIPAddress"

Variables $NRIPAddress and $NRComputerName will be replaced with the IP and name of the selected
computer before the add-on is executed.

d. You can also create new add-ons or edit existing ones using the Add-On Properties dialog.

e. To learn more about Apple Script, please visit the following websites:

In the command, you can use Windows environment variables or NeoRouter variables like "%NRIPAddress%". If you click on the "..." button next to the Command edit box, you will see the "Edit Command" dialog with a list of variables you can use.

Three "Startup types" are supported:

Manual: the add-on will be displayed in the launchpad of the
Network Explorer, and user manually launch the program.
Automatic after signing in: the add-on command is automatically
executed when user signs into NeoRouter Network Explorer.
Automatic after Windows starts: the add-on command is
automatically executed when Windows starts.

4. To launch the new add-on, just click on the target computer in Network Explorer, and choose the add-on in the pop-up launchpad.

5. In the above steps, I have assumed that PsTools are installed at "c:\PsTools" and the remote computer has telnet service enabled. If not, let's configure the system now.

Add-on file formats

NeoRouter supports two types of add-on files: *.nri and *.nra. Most users only need to deal with *.nri files; all files downloaded from http://www.neorouter.com/addons/index.html are in this format. *.nra files are used by advanced users to build custom add-ons.

.nri is the full installation package that contains both the application and the the configure info. Users can simply download *.nri files from and use the "Install" button to setup the add-on.

.nra contains only the configuration info. Advanced users can create custom add-ons and export the configuration info as *.nra files using the "Export" button in the add-on properties dialog. Then he/she can import the *.nra file on another client. But remember that you will need to manually setup the application as well.